Raisuli

The F-15 'leak' possibility is interesting, and actually adds fuel to the database theory, but it's still not conclusive. What we saw wasn't a login server getting swatted, though there was that too Either way ED handled it well. They fixed the problem and communicated everything the unwashed masses needed to know: We're aware of it, we're working on it, we will fix it as quickly as we can. Anything else just ads churn, and when you're talking to an internet full of 'experts', myself included, that was enough. Tomorrow morning I get my greasy paws on an F-4E. I'm sure nobody would mind if I hitch it up and tow it to my garage...

If I were to hazard a guess, and that's all this is because I don't have any more information than anyone else other than experience with the same kind of thing, the 402s had nothing to do with server load. They've done popular releases in the past. My guess is a database went casters up, and I'll bet it was more a glitch adding the columns for Sinai than because it got loaded. Human error, and humans make errors. It happens. Either way I wouldn't expect to see that again any time soon, release or no release. Until they prove me wrong I'm not remotely concerned about a repeat on the F4 launch.

They have the RF-4C. Off topic, but still interesting, I was getting all weak-kneed over the phantom, then noticed the same intakes on a different aircraft and wondered if they had a second Phantom (they've got an F-117 and a Vulcan in the restoration hanger now). Turned out to be a MiG-23. I 'know' the -23 copied the phantom intakes, but until you see them side by side it's hard to believe just how similar they are!

Two afterburning engines, two seat, wings, air force markings, must be an F-4E. Just like the one HB is going to release in two weeks. Don't tell anyone, but the Phantom would be, on the whole, a lot more fun. This is kind of single purpose and while awesome in theory in practice it would be much less so...

A sudden pre-order is the most likely. Don't forget in what neighborhood you're standing; BN announces a patch on a certain day 'subject to change'. The day changes, someone posts about how ED LIED to everybody, and where is the fix for my pet bug? Better to say nothing at all right up until release date, then whip out the titanium umbrellas because... So, to console myself, I'm going to go drool on an F-4E this weekend. The RF-4C effect is already wearing off after two days, but the Habu lingers.

Don't forget the sheep. Sheep fit in several terrains, and are very useful for weed control.

Darn it, I'm still at 504, so 252 updates to go! with the virus scanner pitching fits about the F-1 and C-101 I suspect there might be a repair or two in my future as well. Ah, well. Mission editor. Su-25. Modern coalitions (that's been nicely adjusted for a while), this: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYA7v8u34qu_LHSgylMs2_ww6KcKc_pis

I'm starting to think this is EDs attempt to promote Ralfi's Su 25: Hero to Zero video series, given the Su-25 and P-51 are the only aircraft available. On a slightly more serious note this is concerning, because (most) software companies have a grace period for click licensing that allow use without server contact for some period of time, and it would appear ED does not. This is by no means certain, but it's certainly what I see based on the errors. One DDoS, one bad server day, and all the people who bought licenses are out of luck. Like I said, Hawk flashbacks.

Infected file detected now Feature: Antivirus The file D:\DCS World OpenBeta\CoreMods\aircraft\C-101\bin\C101Core.dll is infected with Gen:Suspicious.Cloud.4.gy4@a8i6Rsbi and was moved to quarantine. It is recommended that you run a System Scan to make sure your system is clean.

nullED has a bad server day and suddenly the game is unplayable? I'm having Hawk flashbacks...

You must be very young.

An nginx 502 can be a few things, but resource scarcity seems the most likely, whether that is just a bunch of people jumping on Sinai or some twits making life difficult for them.

Had my fingers on an RF-4C today. That will hold me for a little while.

TGP, GBU-24? Looking at a late-80s, maybe 90s? I'm no expert on things that hang off wings, but HB needs to start talking and take my money. And for the competition guys, I bought the F-15E the day after early access started. Delayed by travel; didn't want to go through that in an airport and all, otherwise it would have been first day. There's no competition, just more toys in the hanger. Even if they are two seat. Now if we can only talk HB into giving me a cockpit that wasn't used as a frigate bird rookery for three years, then power washed. The smell lingers.

What I really want right now is cockpit layout. I'm rebuilding a couple panels on the simpit and want to make sure I have the F-4 covered. Don't need the jet yet, and we can negotiate bindings after release, just need to make sure the right switches are there to set armaments... Otherwise I've got more than enough to do flying other aircraft poorly.

What's amazing about it? People have made stuff up as they go along since people were invented. If HB or ED says anything at all they get piled on, if they say nothing people invent it and pile on them anyway. Silence is the path of least resistance, so they keep emcon in self defense. It's a shame, but it's the way things are now. Personally I'd love to hear "had to refactor piddle packs for the WSO, and that will take a few months", but then the InternetExperts appear out of nowhere...

Yeah...combined arms has always been a huge mystery for me, too. Bought it about forty years ago back when DCS ran on the Apple ][+, and never really figured out how to use it. Not the only think I haven't figured out, though. I'll be dead about twenty years before I get good at all the things I have, assuming nobody comes out with anything new.

Well, it's not quite that simple. The more smoky one or the less smoky one? Does the other guy see your chemtrail from a hundred miles or only ten?

This is how I set them up. ~20,000 (below the contrails), not east-west so you don't end up flying into the sun, faster then they let the tanker go, and immortal because 'return precontact' has been clinically shown to cause wing damage on air force tankers. That's about it. Add an F-something and tank away! Tanker.miz

Ensure it starts out at waypoint 0 with the tanker role. At waypoint 0 tell it to 'orbit', racetrack, set alt and speed, which it will (mostly) ignore Make sure you change TACAN to something better than 1 and assign it to the tanker unit Give me a bit and I'll post a short miz for a tanker. There's always at least one in pretty much any mission I do so I can practice my PIO whenever I fly. I am pretty much a master of PIO now. If they gave out Nobel Prizes for PIO I'd win. Twice.

Well, darn! Is this why I couldn't get those F135-P400s to fit? I figured a little sheet metal work, a couple hose clamps, and I get a 1.7:1 thrust ratio at max TO weight. Kinda like the original Falcon before they figured out the timing problems on a fast CPU ("fast" being defined as an MC68000 at 7.8MHz rather than the 6 MHz the game was designed for. Dead stop on the runway to 72,000 feet in less than five seconds). Add mixed ammo to the gun (alternating AIM-120D and AIM-9X) and I can fire 6,000 missiles per minute! That would show that stinking MiG-21 set to rookie skill that's been kicking my butt! Heck, bet I could beat Growling Sidewinder at the merge. Ok, maybe not Growling Sidewinder...

You don't need a bridle catcher to use bridles. Last time I checked the French chuck 'em into the sea, which is exactly what the US did if there was no catcher on the front. Far as I'm concerned once the carrier is aft it really doesn't matter if it's the CVN-65 or CV-6, nor do I care if I used a launch bar or a bridle to have enough airspeed to fly once the deck runs out. It would be nice to have everything modeled but I won't live that long and from a cash flow perspective it's not really viable, so give me a Naval F-4 variant, tell me I have to use the 'hookup' command to simulate my simulated aircraft being attached to the simulated catapult on the simulated deck by the simulated crew, and send me on my simulated way! Yeah, I know, immersion. Immersion is good, but I'm not inclined to wait for the tens of thousands of person-hours needed to be immersed. Carrier launches are a pretty small part of the mission, and if there's a wire strung across the deck landing is landing. I'm not going to hang out in the EOS and care if there's one RPCP or two. Or even none. They tend not to model such things, anyway.

I got to sit in one for a few seconds when I was 15, so about three weeks after the Wright Flyer took to the air. Richards-Gabauer AFB south of Kansas City. About all I remember (it's been a long time since Kitty Hawk) is the throttles were on the wrong side and I couldn't see over the brow, which is a shame because years later I worked with a 'Vark pilot who transitioned to BONEs once those were retired. I've got a picture of me sitting in a P-47, but that's a different forum. My dad was bomber crew in that war, and the F-15E always fascinated him just for the sheer amount of iron it could carry at mach speeds.

"Years' don't always mean calendar years. The year starts when the module is released.

Despite your current unit's best efforts I have some really nice pictures of them flying over my house. Very annoying, because that's my airspace and they're only allowed to use it if I get some advance notice to get the camera ready! Do find it interesting when an F-16 goes over with one 120B and one 120C, blue stripes, on the wings. Probably the best picture I've gotten was a CH-47 with a couple guys sitting on the ramp with their feet dangling over nothing. Then there was the Blackhawk that circled around, but it was a crummy day and the pictures weren't all that great. Still, nice to see all of them out there flying around.